Ali Atwa

Ali Atwa (1960-) was a Hezbollah member and one of the hijackers of TWA Flight 847 in 1985.

Biography
Ali Atwa was born in 1960 to a Shia Muslim family in Lebanon, and he was intended to be one of the hijackers of TWA Flight 847 in 1985. Atwa was bumped from the flight and imprisoned in Greece, but he was later released in exchange for the release of some hostages, and he joined the hijackers in Algeria. He was wanted by the United States since 2001, having evaded arrest in Lebanon.